A COMPARISON OF THE WRITINGS OF SIR OSLER,WILLIAM AND HIS EXEMPLAR, SIR BROWNE,THOMAS

Sir William Osler was known throughout his life as a great humanitaria n. His writings touched all of us, ans to persons of every race, creed , and color, he showed universal feelings of justice and mercy. Osler' s writing supports great tolerance for all, yet Osler's contemporaries were far less broad-minded and not free of bigotry. Osler's role mode l, Sir Thomas Browne, wrote openly about his marked prejudices against Catholics, Jews, Moslems, and even women. This paradox between Oslser 's tolerance and humanitarianism and the prejudice and bigotry of his time, as well as his role model Browne, are explored.